Advanced / Transformational Technology
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Seeks to Bolster Domestic Electronics Capacity for Future Systems
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) space vehicles directorate is seeking innovative industry solutions to bolster domestic capacity to build high-performance Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) and non-volatile memory (NVM) devices […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Achieves ‘First Light’ Of 50KW DEIMOS Laser
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has achieved “first light” of the new directed energy system it plans to offer for the Army’s expected competition to field a Stryker-mounted 50-kilowatt laser system, the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman, AT&T, Fujitsu Demonstrate Open Architecture For 5G-Enabled Battlespace
Following up on their partnership last spring to advance digital capabilities for the battlespace, Northrop Grumman [NOC] and AT&T [T] on Wednesday along with Fujitsu said they have demonstrated the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Commander Points to Benefits of Disaggregated Space Architectures
The head of U.S. Space Force said this week that the war in Ukraine has emphasized the “criticality of space in modern warfare” and said that commercial systems will continue […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Developing New AN/APG-85 Radar for F-35 Lot 17 and Beyond
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 11 that it is developing the AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for Lot 17 and beyond of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAvenger Drone Advances Collaborative Combat Aircraft Concept, General Atomics Says
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Jan. 11 that a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger drone advanced the company’s internally funded work on Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in three autonomous […]
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Air ForceKratos to Help Oversee System Requirements Review for Leidos’ Mayhem Proposal
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. [KTOS] is to help oversee the System Requirements Review for Leidos‘ [LDOS] Mayhem air-breathing hypersonic aircraft proposal for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Will Seek To Leverage AI For Vehicle And Cargo Scanners At The Border, Mayorkas Says
Later in January the Department of Homeland Security plans to issue a “funding opportunity” to improve the scanning technology that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses to screen vehicles and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHermeus Picks F100 As Turbine Component of Planned Chimera II Hypersonic Engine
The Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. said on Dec. 20 that it chose Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, which powers F-15 and F-16 fighters, as the turbine component of […]
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Air ForceLeidos Emerges In Hypersonic Aircraft Field, As U.S. Air Force Awards Demonstrator Contract
While Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works, Boeing‘s [BA] Phantom Works, and commercial companies, such as Hermeus, have received the ink regarding possible Pentagon development of hypersonic aircraft, Leidos [LDOS] has […]